YubePiP vs Basic Web Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YubePiP
Watch YouTube videos in a floating Picture-in-Picture window, even with your screen locked. Enjoy background audio playback and the ability to multitask with multiple video instances.
- Picture-in-Picture video playback
- Background audio playback
- Screen lock playback
- Multiple video instances
- YouTube ad blocker (Pro)
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YubePiP plays YouTube videos Picture in Picture. It enables background audio-only playback. It also allows you to play two videos at the same time, one in full screen and another in PiP. You can open 3 instances of the YouTube web app and browse the video separately. • Play YouTube videos picture in picture • Play the videos in the background with your screen locked. • A set of powerful PiP Tools • [Pro] YouTube ad blocker
Basic Web Browser
Browse the internet securely and quickly with this user-friendly application. It offers ad blocking, tab management, and customizable search engines. Sync your browsing data across Apple devices using iCloud.
- Ad Blocking
- Multiple Tabs
- Customizable Search Engines
- iCloud Sync
- Speech to Text Search
- Multi-language Support
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Basic Web Browser is fast yet easy to use app for browsing the internet Key Features: Access your browsing history, tabs and favorites across all your Apple devices securely with iCloud Supports Ad Blocking Supports Multiple Tabs Choose Bing, DuckDuckGo, Google or Yahoo as your search engine Search from the address bar or via speech to text Choose your own home page Always pickup with the last website you visited Save favorite websites for easy access In addition to English, the app now support for the following languages: ASSAMESE, DOGRI, FILIPINO, GUJARATI, KANNADA, KONKANI, HINDI, MAITHILI, MALAYALAM, MARATHI, NEPALI, ODIA (ORIYA), PUNJABI, SANSKRIT, SINDHI, TAMIL, TELUGU, URDU, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Afrikaans, Welsh, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Indonesian, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Armenian, Arabic, Czech, Croatian, Hungarian, Irish, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Basque, Belarusian This app offers in app purchases, including one-time purchases and an auto renewing subscription. Terms Of Service: https://basicwebbrowser.app/tos Privacy: https://basicwebbrowser.app/pp
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: YubePiP at 52% against Basic Web Browser's 0%. YubePiP also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. YubePiP sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Basic Web Browser sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
YubePiP holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YubePiP has 8.9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of YubePiP's written reviews are positive against 0% of Basic Web Browser's.
YubePiP ships an update every 9 days, Basic Web Browser monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YubePiP | Basic Web Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8.9K ratings) — better | 3.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.9K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 259 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Actowise LLC | APG Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
YubePiP
Basic Web Browser
Bugs and requests
YubePiP
Reported bugs
4 issues- Videos randomly pausing or stopping
- Ads not being blocked consistently
- Picture-in-picture mode not working as expected
- Scrolling issues causing unintended video playback
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to loop videos and playlists
- Higher video resolution options
- Improved offline/background mode
- Customizable UI and settings
Basic Web Browser
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
YubePiP
- Pro Lifetime$7.99
- Pro Lifetime$9.99
- Pro Lifetime$29.99
Basic Web Browser
- Remove all advertisements3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Remove all advertisements3 Days trial$10.991 Year
- Remove all advertisements$0.99
- Remove all advertisements$2.99
- Remove all advertisements$3.99
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- Remove all advertisements$4.99
- Remove all advertisements$19.99
- Remove all advertisements$39.99
- Remove all advertisements$49.99
- Remove all advertisements$99.99
